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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 4,1986-A23
NEWARK, DE A growing
number of part-time and small
scale farmers are raising poultry
for their own meat and egg needs,
but plans for small chicken or
pigeon houses are often out-of-date
or hard to find.
The University of Delaware
Cooperation Extension Service is
offering a plan for an easy-to-build
poultry house which is suitable for
brooding or laying hens or pigeons.
The design, Plan No. G 232, was
prepared by the U.S. Department
of Agriculture plan services.
The building is 8 feet long by 8
feet wide. As a laying house it will
hold 15 to 20
hens with four nests and a roost
and storage area. The building is
constructed on 4-inch by 4-inch
pressure treated skids, so no
foundation or concrete work is
required. The building does have a
plywood floor, however.
Standard stud and rafter con
struction is used, so anyone with
basic carpentry skills should have
no trouble erecting the frame. The
siding is plywood and the roof is
shingles over a plywood deck,
giving the structure an overall
pleasing appearance.
The building is designed with a
door and two small windows for
adequate light. Ventilation and
building appearance are enhanced
The tester-supervisors of the
county were also honored by year
end bonuses for the least mistakes
on their monthly reports. A new
tester incentive was also initiated
this year for each tester. A $5O
bonus per each new herd enrolled
by a tester will be given to that
tester by the association. Stating
that the new herd incentive
program is working, President
Schlegel reported that new herds
are being enrolled each month.
New directors for each circuit
were also elected at this meeting.
The new directors elected to fill out
expired terms were: Ralph Moyer,
Frystown, Glenn Seidel,
Robesonia, Dave Schuler, Oley,
and Floyd Martin. _
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with a roof cupola. Interior
arrangements for roosts, nests,
coops and other fixtures are shown
for pigeons, layers and bantams.
Feed and water troughs are not
included in the design and must be
provided.
Blueprints of this two-sheet plan
are available for $1 from: Ex
tension Agricultural Engineer -
Plan Service, 058 Townsend Hall,
University of Delaware, Newark,
DE 19717-1303. Make checks
payable to the University of
Delaware. Be sure to specify Plan
G 232 Small Poultry House.
Berks DHIA
[Continued from Page A 18)
Pinesedge Farm, owned by Sam
Yoder gathered all the Milking
Shorthorn awards. “Nita”
produced 14.766 M, 3.5% 518 F at 9-
07. “Chedrrytart" produced high
fat at 34)3 305 days, 13.299 M 4.4%
and SB7F. “Nita” also had high
protein production with 3.3% and
483 pounds.
Holstein awards went to the
Rothrock herd, Rl, Kempton.
Their top cow, “ Abbie” took all the
honors with 34,121 M. 4.2% 1418 F,
3.3% protein and 1109 P.
The herd winning the low
somatic cell count award for the
year went to the registered and
grade herd of Larry and Cathy
Phillips, Rl, Mohrsville. With 33
cows, Phillips maintained a
somatic cell count average of
95,000. Second lowest herd was the
Linden Loch herd of Jim Shaw,
Oley, with 65 cows at 105,000.
The new awards this year were
for the most improved herds in the
county for milk and fat production.
Dynasty Holsteins, owned by Jeff
Miller, R 3, Kutztown, improved
their milk production by 3,653
pounds of milk to win the plaque.
The largest herd in the county, the
200 plus cow of Dynasty Holsteins,
work in a freestaU - parlor setup.
The most improved herd for fat
production is owned by Sam Shirk,
Fleetwood. His herd’s fat
production improved by 120 pounds
of fat.
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